Football is in full swing this fall here at Sierra Academy! The varsity team is 2:1 this season with a team full of amazing talent. The students are showing tremendous growth in leadership skills, time-management, handling success and failure, perseverance and keeping healthy! Come join us for our next varsity home game Friday, October 18th @ 10:30am! Visit our website to learn more about Sierra Academy
On October 1st, three classes started off the fall season with an exciting trip to Oma's Pumpkin Patch! Upon arriving, the classes learned that Oma's Pumpkin Patch was named after the owners grandma, who is Dutch! The students then took a hay ride past the sunflower field to the barn, where they learned about dairy cows and their calves, and other farm facts. Sierra Academy spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the pumpkin patch activities; cotton slides, bike races, hay maze, petting zoo, swings, and pipe slides. The classes ended the day with picking a personal pumpkin [...]
Congratulations to our staff of the month for September, Ms. Adi Martin. Ms. Martin teaches our high school diploma bound classroom. After 1 year as an assistant, Ms. Martin stepped into the role as classroom teacher and has done exceptionally well. Not only has Ms. Martin jumped right into IEP's, learning her students, and meeting with her parents to collaborate, she has had perfect attendance as well! Visit our website to learn more about Sierra Academy
Our staff of the month for September is Ms. Perelli! Ms. Perelli works with the High Road School of Wallingford as a 1:1 paraprofessional. Throughout this past month, she has been an integral part of the transition classroom where she has been a tremendous leader and encourages other staff members to do their best. She is always available to answer questions about our level system new staff members might have, or to help students with their class work. Ms. Perelli embodies the Core 4 of Decisiveness; if she recognizes there is a need for someone to run a [...]
Dakota is a twelfth grader in Ms. Lieberman’s class. Dakota has done an exemplary job this September of having a growth mindset and being a positive role model for his classmates. Dakota re-earned gold status at the beginning of the month after working hard all summer staying on blue. Dakota encourages his peers to do their best and helps them when they are having a tough time. Mrs. Tatta, our transition coordinator says “Dakota is a very hard worker. He is trustworthy and always willing to help staff and peers”. Dakota has many on campus jobs such as [...]
Devin Ingram is a 9th grade student at High Road Upper School. He came to us from the Lower School in September and Devin has excelled as a high school student! Every morning Devin comes to school with a smile on his face, ready to joke with the first staff member he sees. Upper School staff describes Devin as “helpful,” “thoughtful,” “wise,” and “sweet” and say he is “always in a joyful mood.” Devin’s his favorite subjects are Math and English and his dream is to play professional football as a running back. When Devin isn’t at [...]
High Road School of Harford County students attended a career fair on October 10, 2019 at the Ripken Stadium. This provided students the opportunity to find jobs and internships, network, and put their communication skills at work. Each student who attended was fully engaged in the event, asked employers many questions, and learned about the many different career paths in the workforce. Weeks prior to this event, students spent much of their time creating their resumes, practicing interview skills, and preparing questions to ask employers. Students were excited to bring back all the information they collected and have started completing [...]
Spirit week will be held at High Road School of Delaware from Oct. 8th- Nov. 1st! Stay tuned for more details! Visit our website to learn more about High Road School
Crystal B. is a senior in high school, who is close to the last leg of her journey. Graduation is right around the corner and the idea of school work can be a thing of the past. From struggling with her attendance and classwork over the past few years, Crystal has come to the realization that her years of truancy affected her ability to pass her classes and gain graduation credits. Last school year Crystal's attendance was 66% present. This year Crystal has started the year off strong with being present 91%, Now, gaining a diploma and going [...]
Anthony M. has been in the High Road program for three years and has made amazing improvement since he began. He has consistently increased his time in the general education classroom which is our goal as a High Road team. Currently, Anthony simply checks in with High Road staff in the morning and spends the rest of his day in gen. ed. We are proud to present Anthony as our student success story and are confident that there will be many to follow in his footsteps. Visit our website to learn more about High [...]
